Anaptomorphus
noun
An·ap·to·mor·phus
əˌnaptəˈmȯrfəs,
aˌ-
: a genus (the type of the family Anaptomorphidae) of extinct short-skulled large-eyed lemurs from the Eocene of North America sometimes regarded as near the ancestral line of the anthropoids
Word History
Etymology
New Latin, from an- + Greek haptein to bind + New Latin -o- + -morphus -morphous
First Known Use
1868, in the meaning defined above